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What would a new BMW M1 look like? Rendering based on the upcoming i8

It was already announced there will not be an M version of the BMW i8. That certainly has not stopped anyone from dreaming about what it could potentially be and look like. German magazine AutoZeitung did exactly that rendering a new M1 based on the i8. If it was up to us, we would build it. The fact BMW is going to produce a hybrid sports car before an M1 successor is mind boggling in of itself.

Enough of this electric crap. Give it the S85 V10 bored and stroked to 5.8 liters out of the E60 M5 and let's get a real supercar from BMW. It would be the best thing since the Carrera GT. Oh well, not going to happen, but we can dream.

Mercedes passed them in the USA. Porsche is offering way better naturally aspirated motors. Audi is taking it to them worldwide. BMW is diluting the M brand. They are building a $#@!ing hybrid sports car versus a real M1. They are going to front wheel drive. I mean, is it really me or is it BMW?

Mercedes passed them in the USA. Porsche is offering way better naturally aspirated motors. Audi is taking it to them worldwide. BMW is diluting the M brand. They are building a $#@!ing hybrid sports car versus a real M1. They are going to front wheel drive. I mean, is it really me or is it BMW?

I agree. I think the brand is getting diluted. The brand I once, as a young kid - loved as much as Porsche because of the extreme engineering - is now becoming a brand that cares only about what it's told to care about.

I agree. I think the brand is getting diluted. The brand I once, as a young kid - loved as much as Porsche because of the extreme engineering - is now becoming a brand that cares only about what it's told to care about.

Well then I can't stop pointing out what BMW is doing if it sucks, right?

Who knows, maybe they will make a modern M1. That rendering is pretty awesome, by the way. Wonder if they would ever make a Twin-Turbo, Direct-Injection V10...

But yeah a high-compression NA V12 would be awesome as well. Could probably build it pretty high for bad conditions/pump fuel octane (street car) with all the technology behind fuel injection nowadays. If it was a DI turbo car, they could make it e85 compatable and add additional power with ease.